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US 8,274,024 B2Granted
Control surface assemblies with torque tube base
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJeffery D. Russom, Lawrence R. White, James Greenwood
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Abstract
Control surface assemblies have a torque tube base. In one embodiment, a method includes moving an aerospace vehicle through a medium; and moving at least a portion of a control surface assembly to generate a force for controlling the vehicle.
Claims8
A method of controlling an aerospace vehicle, the method comprising:
- moving the vehicle through a medium;
- and
- using a tubular arcuate base coupled to said vehicle and a control surface to generate a force for controlling the vehicle, the control surface having a root portion coupled directly to an apex of the base, the control surface projecting outwardly from the apex of the base.
A method of controlling an aircraft having a tail assembly, the method comprising:
- moving the vehicle through a medium;
- and
- using vertical and horizontal fins of the tail assembly to generate force for controlling the aircraft;
- wherein a root portion of each fin is coupled directly to an apex of a tubular arcuate base and projects outwardly from the apex;
- and wherein each tubular arcuate base is coupled to the aircraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.